Nursing garment



Nov. 10, 1959 P. M. B. GERICH 2,911,656

NURSING GARMENT Filed Aug. 9, 1956 PAULA M. B GERICH INVENTOR ATTORNEY FIG. 3

United States Patent NURSING GARMENT Paula M. B. Gerich, Leask, Saskatchewan, Canada Application August 9, 1956, Serial No. 603,110

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-74) This invention relates generally to anew and ima nursing garment including a pleated front affording lateral expansibility in conjunction with slide fasteners permitting ready nursing of an infant.

Other objects of invention in conformance with that set forth reside in specific details of the novel dress forming the nursing clothing.

And yet another object of invention in conformance with that set forth is to provide novel nursing clothing which is readily and economically manufactured, easily used and highly satisfactory and acceptable for the purpose intended. 1

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the novel nursing clothing assembly disposed on a wearer;

Figure Z-is a front elevational view of a nursing dress comprising a part of the nursing clothing assembly;

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper portion of the nursing dress of the nursing clothing assembly, showing the slide fasteners thereof open in a position to facilitate nursing of an infant; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on line 44 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the novel nursing clothing assembly is indicated generally at 10, including a nursing dress 12.

Patented Nov. 10, 1959 The nursing dress 12 has extending from the neck portion 18 to the waist portion 20 thereof an accordion pleated assembly 22, said pleated assembly 22 extending vertically and substantially covering the breasts of a wearer W upon which the nursing clothing assembly is disposed and permitting lateral expansion across the wearers chest. The assembly includes disposed beneath vertical strip elements 24 and 26, stitched at 24 and 26', respectively, remote from the pleats concealed elongated slide fastener assemblies 28 and 30, respectively. When the slide fasteners 28 and 30 are opened, as seen in Figure 3, the breasts of the wearer W may be readily exposed therethrough for the purpose of nursing an infant.

I Thus there has been disclosed a novel nursing clothing assembly which fully conforms with the objects of inven- 'tion heretofore set forth.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope .of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A nursing garment comprising a dress including a blouse portion having spaced free vertical edges, a front central accordion pleated panel portion having a width greater than one-third the area of the front of the blouse portion, extending between the spaced vertical edges of the blouse portion and disposed vertically from the neck to the waist portion of the dress to permit lateral expansion across a wearers chest, vertical slide fasteners secured to opposite sides of said pleated panel portion and said dress, and concealing strips secured on said dress on opposite sides of said pleated panel and overlying said slide fasteners whereby said fasteners are normally concealed and accessible to convert the dress for breast feeding.

2. A nursing garment as set forth in claim 1 in which said slide fasteners extend from the neck to the waist portion of the dress for providing complete freedom when breast feeding a child.

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